SEE HEARTWARMING ADVENTURE IN THE WILD ROBOT ANIMATED MOVIE WITH KIT CONNOR, BILL NIGHY, PEDRO PASCAL, LUPITA NYONGO

   THE WILD ROBOT  

NEW DREAMWORKS ANIMATED MOVIE

The movie arrives this September

While Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 are wrecking chaos at the box offices around the world this summer, next Autumn is bringing us a new animated movie from Dream Works studios THE WILD ROBOT which will land into cinemas September 27th based on the book series of the same name by lovely Peter Brown!

 

  THIS EPIC ADVENTURE 

follows the journey of a robot ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of a cute little orphaned gosling. It is a powerful story about the discovery of self, a thrilling

It is based on a series of books

examination of the bridge between technology and nature and a moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things.

THE VOICE CAST

Lupita Nyong'o is Roz, an abandoned robot that lives in the forest who becomes the adoptive mother of Brightbill. Pedro Pascal stars as Fink, a mischievous fox who is the first animal that Roz helps and befriends. Catherine O'Hara as Pinktail, a mother opossum. Bill Nighy as Longneck, a wise elder goose. Kit Connor as Brightbill, an orphaned goose who is raised by Roz as her own son. Stephanie Hsu as Vontra, a robot of Roz's race who has been sent to retrieve Roz! Directed by Chris Sanders it is the last movie done within the studio, as the next ones will be ordered from outside studios. It will later stream on Peacock and then on Netflix as well. 

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON PUSS IN BOOTS SEQUEL THE LAST WISH WITH ANTONIO BANDERAS, SALMA HAYEK, RAY WINSTONE, FLORENCE PUGH

  PUSS IN BOOTS II  

THE LAST WISH SEQUEL

Although this one was originally supposed to be released in 2018 and then this summer, PUSS IN BOOTS sequel THE LAST WISH will now paw

Puss returns December 21st!

its way into the cinemas around holidays, in the Christmas week to be more precise. It has been eleven years since Antonio Banderas first landed his voice to the smooth talking sword wielding feline bandit and now he is back in the voice cast together with Salma Hayek and Joel Crawford as the director. 

 

STORY OF PUSS IN BOOTS SEQUEL 

This winter, everyone's favorite leche-loving, swashbuckling, fear-defying feline returns. For the first time in more than a decade, Dream Works Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots

The original film was released in 2011

discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet. Antonio Banderas returns as the voice of the notorious Puss as he embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star and restore his lost lives. But with only one life left, Puss will have to humble himself and ask for help from his former partner and nemesis: the captivating Kitty Soft Paws (Salma Hayek). In their quest, Puss and Kitty will be aided, against their better judgment, by a ratty, chatty, relentlessly cheerful mutt, Perro (Harvey Guillén). Together, our trio of  heroes will have to stay one step ahead of Goldilocks (Florence Pugh) and the Three Bears Crime Family led by Papa Bear (Ray Winstone), "Big" Jack  Horner (John Mulaney) and terrifying bounty hunter, The Big Bad Wolf (Wagner Moura). The producers wanted to make it more unique as a storybook than a comic. Using new technology, the team at DreamWorks focused more on a painterly style design, to make it feel like you’re in a fairy-tale world! The first half hour of the movie was shown earlier this week at Annecy International Animation Film Festival where the critics deemed it much darker than the original. It is interesting that Dream Works hasn't released an animated movie in December for more than twenty years!

NEW TRAILERS FOR ANIMATED ADVENTURES SPIRIT UNTAMED WITH JULIANNE MOORE, JAKE GYLLENHAAL, THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES FROM NETFLIX

  SPIRIT UNTAMED TRAILER 

 ADVENTURE AWAITS!

It is animation all the way today for you, starting with new Dream Works' animated movie SPIRIT UNTAMED which, featuring voices from Julianne

Spirit Untamed arrives this June!

Moore and Jake Gyllenhaal, arrives to cinemas June 4th! An epic adventure about a headstrong girl longing for a place to belong who discovers a kindred spirit when her life intersects with a wild horse, SPIRIT UNTAMED is the next chapter in the beloved story from DreamWorks Animation which begun with Spirit: the Stallion of Cimarron back in 2002. The story follows little Lucky Prescott whose life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit. When a heartless horse wrangler tries to capture Spirit and his herd and auction them off to a life of captivity and hard labor, Lucky enlists her new friends and bravely embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to rescue the horse who has given her freedom and a sense of purpose.

 

THE MITCHELLS VS MACHINES

BRINGS ROBOT APOCALYPSE

Meanwhile, Netflix has released a fun trailer and poster for their new animated adventure THE MITCHELS VS THE MACHINES which, out April 30th

The latest adventure streams from April 30th

centers on creative outsider Katie Mitchell. She is accepted to the film school of her dreams and is eager to leave home. But her nature loving dad (Danny McBride) insists on driving her to school with the whole family for some bonding during one last forced road trip. Just as things seemingly can't get any worse, the family suddenly finds itself in the middle of the robot uprising. Everything from smartphones, to roombas, and even evil Furbys are employed to capture every human on the planet. It falls to the Mitchells, including upbeat mom Linda (Maya Rudolph), quirky little brother Aaron, their squishy pug, Monchi, and two friendly, but simple-minded robots, to save humanity.

FUTURE AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE IN CROODS 2: A NEW AGE ANIMATED ADVENTURE SEQUEL TRAILER WITH NICOLAS CAGE, RYAN REYNOLDS, EMMA STONE

THE CROODS 2 TRAILER

FUTURE AIN'T WHAT IT USED 2B

That is what the first trailer for the sequel of Dreamworks' animated adventure THE CROODS: A NEW AGE says. Even though the original

Croods 2 arrives this Thanksgiving!

premiered back in 2013, this one will arrive to cinemas only now, at Thanksgiving, November 25th! The voice cast again has Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone. 

   The Croods: A New Age 

 the prehistoric family is in need of a new place to live which leads them into the world searching for a safer place to call home. They come upon a seemingly ideal, walled-in paradise that suits heir needs. It seems as though their problems are solved, except that another family, The Bettermans, already lives there. The Bettermans have an elaborate tree house, incredible inventions and acres of fresh produce, putting them a couple of steps ahead of

The sequel to the 2013 hit was directed by Joel Crawford

the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. But they take the Croods in as the world's first house guests. Before long, tensions rise between the families. When all seems lost, a new threat emerges that sets them all on an adventure

The movie will be out in UK only in late January next year

outside the safety of their home that will force them to embrace their differences, draw strength from each other and forge a future together.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON DREAMWORKS' ENCHANTING ANIMATED ADVENTURE ABOMINABLE!

  'ABOMINABLE' ADVENTURE

Abominable is out this Friday!

 BRINGS A MAGICAL YETI THIS WEEK!

The last quartal of the year usually brings us animated adventures for the Autumn and Winter moments filled with festive atmosphere around Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The honour of announcing that season this years goes to ABOMINABLE animated adventure which Dreamworks is releasing this Friday! It will continue opening around the world throughout October! Originally titled Everest, the movie started its production almost ten years ago under the helm of Jill Culton who was later on replaced by another director only to return to the movie in 2018 again. Visually stunning and filled with delightful, heart warming images and enchanting animated landscapes, the $75 million worth movie is expected to earn about $20 million in its first opening weekend. This is the third yeti film in recent time to be released beside Smallfoot and Missing Link!

A Yeti Must Find His Family 
When teenage Yi (Chloe Bennet) encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai) name him “Everest” and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish (Eddie Izzard), a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson) to help Everest get home. Check out the beautiful trailer below and tell us what you think:

GLEN POWELL TO LEAD EPIC ROMANTIC MOVIE TIME AFTER TIME BASED ON LISA GRUNWALD'S BOOK! SUPERMAGICAL TRAILER FOR DREAMWORKS ANIMATED YETI MOVIE ABOMINABLE

GLEN POWELL TO LEAD

TIME AFTER TIME EPIC ROMANCE

The movie is planned as a starring vehicle for Glen Powell

One of our favourite blond hunks from the big screens Glen Powell will star in the romantic movie adaptation of Lisa Grunwald's upcoming book TIME AFTER TIME which is not out yet: it will be published next month by Random House. As 'Deadline' reports, the book is described as a magical love story is set against the workings of Grand Central Terminal and the solar phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, which takes place when the sun rises and sets between the city’s skyscrapers aligning perfectly with the streets below. Lauren Oliver is writing the script for the film which will be a starring vehicle for Glen Powell, whom we watched in Hidden Figures and as the super charming officer in Guernsay Potato Peel Pie and Book Club, and whom we will also watch in new Top Gun: Maverick!

'ABOMINABLE' TRAILER

FIND YOUR WAY HOME

The studio that brought us How to Train Your Dragon is now bringing us Yetis in the first trailer for ABOMINABLE animated adventure which is

Abominable seems like a magical adventure

arriving to cinemas this September. Coming from Dream Works, the film is an epic adventure from the streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes. When teenage Yi (Chloe Bennet) encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai), name him "Everest" and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish (Eddie Izzard), a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson) to help Everest get home.

BBC CASTS TOM WESTON JONES, JONAS ARMSTRONG, FRANCES O'CONNOR IN 'TROY: FALL OF A CITY' EPIC TV SERIES! DREAMWORKS BUYS CRESSIDA COWELL'S 'WIZARDS OF ONCE'

  'TROY: FALL OF A CITY'

 EPIC SERIES CAST ANNOUNCED

I've recently informed you that BBC and Netflix are making new epic series TROY: FALL OF A CITY and today the cast has been announced! 8 part epic tale of mortals and gods, will go back to the judgement of Paris, his scandalous love affair with Helen, and the ill-starred prophecy surrounding his birth. Centred around the Trojan royal family at the heart of the siege, and combining thrilling adventure with heart breaking intimacy, it will deal with existence and identity; of people battling to retain their sense of humanity and compassion amid the devastation and destruction of war.

TOM WESTON JONES AS HECTOR!
Louis Hunter (pic 1) and Bella Dayne (pic 2) will star as Paris and Helen, the two lovers whose passionate affair plunges Greece and Troy into war, threatening to bring both empires to their knees. David Threlfall plays Paris’ father, King Priam of Troy, Frances O’Connor is Hecuba, Queen of Troy, and Tom Weston Jones (pic 1) is their eldest son Hector. Joseph Mawle is Odysseus, Chloe Pirrie Andromache, Johnny Harris Agamemnon, Jonas Armstrong (pic 2) Menelaos, the King of Sparta whose marriage to Helen is destroyed when Paris arrives in his city. For some reason, BBC has decided that ancient Greeks were black casting David Gyasi as Achilles, and Alfred Enoch as the Trojan general Aeneas!

  'THE WIZARDS OF ONCE'

DREAMWORKS TO ADAPT

Speaking of myths and fantasy, 'Deadline' reports that DreamWorks has bought the movie rights for the author of How To Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell's Fall 2017 new fantasy trilogy THE WIZARDS OF ONCE. The story centres on Xar, a 12 year old wizard prince without magic, and Wish, a 12 year old warrior princess with a magical object in a world where magic is reviled and illegal. When they collide in the wild wood on the trail of a deadly (and thought to be extinct) witch, it’s the start of a grand adventure that just might change the fabric of their world.

NEW ANIMATED MOVIES: PEACEFUL BULL 'FERDINAND', BIBLICAL DONKEY IN 'THE STAR', SF 'STONERUNNER', ROLAND EMMERICH'S 'LOST AMAZON', 'THE SON OF BIGFOOT'

'FERDINAND'

THE PEACE LOVING BULL!

Tons of new animated movies ahead of us, with the latest big screen adaptation of beloved FERDINAND ready to bring us the peaceful bull to cinemas as soon as this December. Coming from the ICE AGE and RIO team, with the voices from Donald Sutherland and Adam DeVine, it will follow the little bull which prefers sitting quietly under a tree just smelling the flowers instead of butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. The movie will feature hits from Adam Lambert, Shakira, Rihanna.

BIBLICAL 'THE STAR'

 THE FIRST EVER CHRISTMAS

Before that, this November, with the voices from Zachary Levy, Christopher Plummer, Steven Yeun, Sony will bring us THE STAR the story of the first Christmas following a small but brave donkey named Bo who yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. One day he finds the courage to break free, and finally goes on the adventure of his dreams. On his journey, he teams up with Ruth, a lovable sheep who has lost her flock and Dave, a dove with lofty aspirations. Along with three wisecracking camels and some eccentric stable animals, Bo and his new friends follow THE STAR and become accidental heroes in the greatest story ever told – the first Christmas.

'STONERUNNER'

GALACTIC ANIMATED ADVENTURE
To be released sometime this year is also animated sf adventure STONE RUNNER!  In a distant future,  teenage boy Tyson stares out over the ruins of a long forgotten civilization which we soon come to realize is planet earth. He spends his days as a stonerunner, scavenging for priceless military technology hidden within the rubble. When he stumbles across a long abandoned sophisticated war machine a strange and powerful meeting of minds occurs and a strong friendship is formed. Together they find themselves caught up in a battle against the evil dictator Delacorte and his army of the Old Guard. For Tyson, it’s about choice, freedom and optimism in the face of all the odds!

'LOST AMAZON'

FROM ROLAND EMMERICH!

A lush adventure awaits us also in Roland Emmerich produced animated movie LOST AMAZON set for 2018 release. The story of the movie is set a long, long, long time ago somewhere deep in the Amazon Jungle and centres on Yano, son of the village chief, who is desperate to prove to his father that he can be a warrior. While he is often the laughing stock of the village, he and his spirit animal (the poisonous dart frog Fred whose venom makes the victims skin sprout instantly with wild tufts of hair) find themselves suddenly responsible for saving all the warriors of the tribe and the entire Amazon Forest when they are kidnapped by aliens. Yano's team will also include the village tomboy Ayira and her sidekick capybara, Capo, Nana (the Fred loving piranha) and a devious monkey Rupert!

'THE SON OF BIGFOOT'

FRENCH ENGLISH LG ANIMATION
Meanwhile, French and Belgian animated movie shot in English language THE SON OF BIGFOOT will arrive this August  following  teenage outsider Adam who sets out on an epic quest to uncover the mystery behind his long lost dad, only to find out that he is none other than the legendary Bigfoot! He has been hiding deep in the forest for years to protect himself and his family from HairCo., a giant corporation eager to run scientific experiments with his special DNA. As father and son start making up for lost time after the boy's initial disbelief, Adam soon discovers that he too is gifted with superpowers beyond his imagination. But little do they know, HairCo. is on their tail as Adam's traces have led them to Bigfoot!